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Abbey Lubbers, Banshees, & Boggarts: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Fairiesby Yvonne Gilbert, Katharine Mary BriggsISBN 0394508068 (0-394-50806-8)
Hardcover, Pantheon Books
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The Annotated Brothers Grimmby Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, A. S. Byatt, Maria TatarISBN 0393058484 (0-393-05848-4)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Annotated Brothers Grimm'Book summary:Maria Tatar redefines the Grimm canon with this authoritative and entertaining collection.
The Annotated Brothers Grimm celebrates the richness and dramatic power of the legendary fables in the most spectacular and unusual Grimm volume in decades. Containing forty stories in new translations by Maria Tatarincluding "Little Red Riding Hood," "Cinderella," "Snow White," and "Rapunzel"the book also features 150 illustrations, many of them in color, by legendary painters such as George Cruikshank and Arthur Rackham; hundreds of annotations that explore the historical origins, cultural complexities, and psychological effects of these tales; and a biographical essay on the lives of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Perhaps most noteworthy is Tatar's decision to include tales that were previously excised, including a few bawdy stories and others that were removed after the Grimms learned that parents were reading the book to their childrenstories about cannibalism in times of famine and stories in which children die at the end. Enchanting and magical, The Annotated Brothers Grimm will cast its spell on children and adults alike for decades to come. 75 color and 75 black-and-white illustrations [via]More editions of The Annotated Brothers Grimm:
The Annotated Classic Fairy Talesby Maria TatarISBN 0393051633 (0-393-05163-3)
Hardcover, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
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The Annotated Wizard of Ozby L. Frank Baum, W. W. Denslow, Michael Patrick HearnISBN 0393049922 (0-393-04992-2)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Annotated Wizard of Oz'Book summary:An updated version of the definitive guide, The Annotated Wizard of Oz provides a facsimile color version of the first edition of L. Frank Baum's children's classic along with extensive notes and a thorough history of the immense Oz project. In his excellent introduction, Michael Patrick Hearn describes the author's early life and interests and the development of his collaboration with W.W. Denslow, the original illustrator for his books.
An energetic and excitable fellow, Baum's devotion to make-believe began in his early 20s, when he joined a small touring theatrical troupe on the East Coast. Later attempts to run a general store and a newspaper in South Dakota (then the Wild West) failed miserably. Although few of his business ventures or artistic efforts had met with success, in 1897 Baum's "Father Goose" rhymes (designed and illustrated by Denslow) became a surprise bestseller, and Baum was able to buy his family a summer cottage on Lake Michigan, christened "The Sign of the Goose," for which he made most of the furniture (goose-themed, of course) and stenciled the walls with a frieze of green geese.
The idea for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, "a modern fairy tale," as he considered it, soon followed, and the book appeared in May 1900. The 10,000-copy first printing sold out in two weeks, and about 90,000 sold within the first year. Hearn goes on to describe the many books that followed, as well as the 1902 musical extravaganza The Wizard of Oz and Baum's subsequent, ill-starred attempts to depict the world of Oz on film. (He died long before the 1939 MGM musical made his fairy tale known around the globe.) In 1907, he told a reporter for the Grand Rapids Herald why he preferred young readers:
To write fairy stories for children, to amuse them, to divert restless children, sick children, to keep them out of mischief on rainy days, seems of greater importance than to write grown-up novels. Few of the popular novels last the year out, responding as they do to a certain psychological demand, characteristic of the time; whereas, a child's book is, comparatively speaking, the same always, since children are always the same kind of folks with the same needs to be satisfied.
Hearn has gone to great lengths in his notes to this facsimile of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, often referring to subsequent volumes in the series, slowly building a key to the rules and history of Oz, pointing out inconsistencies as well as hints to Baum's literary sources (such as Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress), and providing, among other delights, a mini-treatise on malevolent vegetation in Oz. This is an essential volume for the Oz aficionado or the student of children's literature, and a wonderful resource for parents of young readers. --Regina Marler [via]More editions of The Annotated Wizard of Oz:
The Armless Maidenby Terri WindlingISBN 0312862210 (0-312-86221-0)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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A Bag of Moonshineby Alan Garner, Patrick James LynchISBN 0385295170 (0-385-29517-0)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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The BFGby Roald Dahl, Quentin BlakeISBN 0374304696 (0-374-30469-6)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The BFG'Book summary:Evidently not even Roald Dahl could resist the acronym craze of the early eighties. BFG? Bellowing ferret-faced golfer? Backstabbing fairy godmother? Oh, oh ... Big Friendly Giant! This BFG doesn't seem all that F at first as he creeps down a London street, snatches little Sophie out of her bed, and bounds away with her to giant land. And he's not really all that B when compared with his evil, carnivorous brethren, who bully him for being such an oddball runt. After all, he eats only disgusting snozzcumbers, and while the other Gs are snacking on little boys and girls, he's blowing happy dreams in through their windows. What kind of way is that for a G to behave?
The BFG is one of Dahl's most lovable character creations. Whether galloping off with Sophie nestled into the soft skin of his ear to capture dreams as though they were exotic butterflies; speaking his delightful, jumbled, squib-fangled patois; or whizzpopping for the Queen, he leaves an indelible impression of bigheartedness. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
Black Swan, White Ravenby Ellen Datlow, Terri WindlingISBN 0380786214 (0-380-78621-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Book of Fairiesby Beatrice PhillpottsISBN 0345280911 (0-345-28091-1)
Hardcover, Ballantine Books
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The Book Of Imaginary Beingsby Jorge Luis Borges, Margarita GuerreroISBN 0224619136 (0-224-61913-6)
Hardcover, Cape
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The Book of Weird: Being a Most Desirable Lexicon of the Fantastical...by Barbara N. ByfieldISBN 0385065914 (0-385-06591-4)
Softcover, Broadway Books
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Breaking the Magic Spellby Jack David ZipesISBN 0292707258 (0-292-70725-8)
Hardcover, Univ of Texas Pr
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Child of Faerie, Child of Earthby Jane Yolen, Jane DyerISBN 0316957208 (0-316-95720-8)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Christina Rossetti: Selected PoemsISBN 0312134371 (0-312-13437-1)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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The Classic Fairy Tales: Texts, Criticismby Maria M. TatarISBN 0393972771 (0-393-97277-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Coralineby Neil Gaiman, Dave McKeanISBN 0380807343 (0-380-80734-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Coraline'Book summary:Coraline lives with her preoccupied parents in part of a huge old house--a house so huge that other people live in it, too... round, old former actresses Miss Spink and Miss Forcible and their aging Highland terriers ("We trod the boards, luvvy") and the mustachioed old man under the roof ("'The reason you cannot see the mouse circus,' said the man upstairs, 'is that the mice are not yet ready and rehearsed.'") Coraline contents herself for weeks with exploring the vast garden and grounds. But with a little rain she becomes bored--so bored that she begins to count everything blue (153), the windows (21), and the doors (14). And it is the 14th door that--sometimes blocked with a wall of bricks--opens up for Coraline into an entirely alternate universe. Now, if you're thinking fondly of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe or Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, you're on the wrong track. Neil Gaiman's Coraline is far darker, far stranger, playing on our deepest fears. And, like Roald Dahl's work, it is delicious.
What's on the other side of the door? A distorted-mirror world, containing presumably everything Coraline has ever dreamed of... people who pronounce her name correctly (not "Caroline"), delicious meals (not like her father's overblown "recipes"), an unusually pink and green bedroom (not like her dull one), and plenty of horrible (very un-boring) marvels, like a man made out of live rats. The creepiest part, however, is her mirrored parents, her "other mother" and her "other father"--people who look just like her own parents, but with big, shiny, black button eyes, paper-white skin... and a keen desire to keep her on their side of the door. To make creepy creepier, Coraline has been illustrated masterfully in scritchy, terrifying ink drawings by British mixed-media artist and Sandman cover illustrator Dave McKean. This delightful, funny, haunting, scary as heck, fairy-tale novel is about as fine as they come. Highly recommended. (Ages 11 and older) --Karin Snelson [via]
Elementals: Stories of Fire and Iceby A. S. ByattISBN 0375705759 (0-375-70575-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice'Book summary:A.S. Byatt's stories simmer with a sensuality and passion that, like topiary trees in a formal garden, are pruned and trained into cultivated shapes while retaining the wild scent of the orchard. In "Crocodile Tears" a woman walks away from a personal tragedy, deserting those she loves to try to reconcile herself to a death for which she feels horribly responsible. Thrown together in Nîmes with another exiled mourner, a Norwegian full of northern folktales, she ricochets between a numbed calm and a reckless urge for self-destruction. Together they begin to assemble some kind of personal solace out of fragments of European history, fiction, and myth, and so come to terms with their guilt. "A Lamia in the Cevennes" is also set in France, where another isolated English exile struggles for self-knowledge amid the shards of history and folktale. "Cold" is itself a kind of latter-day fairy story of ice princesses and sighing suitors. These are stories steeped in light and color, full of glowing landscapes and sensuous delights. Their intricately woven skeins of literary allusion and keenly observed locations bewitch the reader. Yet the figures in Byatt's landscapes seem powerless to derive pleasure or solace from their surroundings, picking their lonely way through the brilliance, carrying with them burdens of painful memories they cannot shake off. --Lisa Jardine, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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Elfabetby Jane Yolen, Lauren A. MillsISBN 0316968889 (0-316-96888-9)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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The Elves & the Shoemakerby Eric Suben, Lloyd BloomISBN 0307030768 (0-307-03076-8)
Hardcover, Golden Books
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The Elves & the Shoemakerby Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Eric Suben, Golden Books Publishing Company, Jerry SmathISBN 0307001334 (0-307-00133-4)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Enchanted: Erotic Bedtime Stories for Womenby Nancy MadoreISBN 0373605099 (0-373-60509-9)
Softcover, Spice
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Eucalyptusby Murray BailISBN 031242731X (0-312-42731-X)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sistersby Kathleen RaganISBN 0393320464 (0-393-32046-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters'Book summary:Dismayed by the predominance of male protagonists and heroes in her daughters' books, the author set out to collect the stories of forgotten heroines: courageous mothers, clever young girls and warrior women who save villages from monsters, rule wisely over kingdoms and outwit judges, kings and tigers. Gathered from around the world, from regions as diverse as sub-Saharan Africa and Western Europe, from Native American cultures and New World settlers, from Asia and the Middle East, these one hundred folk tales celebrate strong heroines. [via]
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Fellowship of the Ringby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0345339703 (0-345-33970-3)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fellowship of the Ring'Book summary:The prequel to The Lord of the Rings- The Hobbit- is now a major motion picture directed by Peter Jackson THE GREATEST FANTASY EPIC OF OUR TIME The dark, fearsome Ringwraiths are searching for a Hobbit. Frodo Baggins knows that they are seeking him and the Ring he bears-the Ring of Power that will enable evil Sauron to destroy all that is good in Middle-earth. Now it is up to Frodo and his faithful servant, Sam, with a small band of companions, to carry the Ring to the one place it can be destroyed: Mount Doom, in the very center of Sauron's realm. Thus begins J.R.R. Tolkien's classic The Lord of the Rings, which continues in The Two Towers and The Return of the King . [via]
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Field Guide to the Little Peopleby Nancy Arrowsmith, George MoorseISBN 0333213076 (0-333-21307-6)
Hardcover, Macmillan
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Giants, Monsters, and Dragonsby Carol RoseISBN 0393322114 (0-393-32211-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Gnomes: Text by Wil Huygenby Rien Poortvliet, Wil HuygenISBN 0330257552 (0-330-25755-2)
Hardcover, Pan Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gnomes: Text by Wil Huygen'Book summary:Les gnomes sont nombreux à peupler les sous-bois de toute l'Europe. Il fallait donc bien un livre qui apprenne aux humains à mieux les connaître. Celui-ci, largement commenté et illustré, est devenu l'ouvrage de référence en la matière. Il détaille la vie et les légendes des gnomes. Ses auteurs ont mené une véritable enquête scientifique et font part de toutes leurs observations. Comment les gnomes construisent-ils leurs maisons ? Comment mangent-ils ? Comment se soignent-ils ? Comment se reproduisent-ils ? Rien n'est oublié. Les Gnomes régaleront ceux qui s'intéressent aux personnages fantastiques. Ils trouveront des mêmes auteurs et chez le même éditeur Le Livre secret des gnomes. --Ségolène Dujardin [via]
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The Golden Treasury of Poetryby Louis UntermeyerISBN 0307608522 (0-307-60852-2)
Hardcover, Goldencraft
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Great American Folklore: Legends, Tales, Ballads, and Superstitions from All Across Americaby Kemp P. Battle, John BattleISBN 0385185553 (0-385-18555-3)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Great Fairy Tale Traditionby Jack David ZipesISBN 039397636X (0-393-97636-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Grimm's Last Fairytaleby Haydn MiddletonISBN 0312288581 (0-312-28858-1)
Softcover, Griffin
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The Hobbitby J.R.R. Tolkien, David Wenzel, Charles Dixon, Sean DemingISBN 0345445600 (0-345-44560-0)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hobbit'Book summary:Poor Bilbo Baggins! An unassuming and rather plump hobbit (as most of these small, furry- footed people tend to be ), Baggins finds himself unwittingly drawn into adventure by a wizard named Gandalf and 13 dwarves bound for the Lonely Mountain, where a dragon named Smaug hordes a stolen treasure. Before he knows what is happening, Baggins finds himself on the road to danger. Wizards, dwarves and dragons may seem the stuff of children's fairy tales, but The Hobbit is in a class of its own--light-hearted enough for younger readers, yet with a dark edge guaranteed to intrigue an older audience. In the best tradition of the archetypal hero's quest, Bilbo Baggins sets out on his fateful journey a callow, untested soul and returns--tempered by hardship, danger and loss--a better man--er, hobbit.
This book is the predecessor to Tolkien's masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, and though that trilogy can be thoroughly enjoyed without first reading The Hobbit, much that happens in the later novels is foreshadowed here. A word of caution, however: as Bilbo discovers early on, travel and adventure are addictive things; embark on this journey to the Lonely Mountain with Tolkien's reluctant hero, and you might not be able to stop there. And the road taken to the distant mountains of Mordor in the ensuing trilogy is an even more perilous one. [via]
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- The Hobbit: ISBN 0261102664 (0-261-10266-4)
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Softcover, Random House Publishing Group - The Hobbit: ISBN 0345277112 (0-345-27711-2)
Softcover, Ballantine Books - The Hobbit: ISBN 0345368584 (0-345-36858-4)
Softcover, Ballantine Books - The Hobbit: ISBN 0345445600 (0-345-44560-0)
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- The Hobbit: ISBN 0261102664 (0-261-10266-4)
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The Hobbit or There and Back Againby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0345339681 (0-345-33968-1)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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The Illustrated Golden Boughby Mary Douglas, Sabine MacCormack, James George FrazerISBN 0333244923 (0-333-24492-3)
Hardcover, Macmillan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Illustrated Golden Bough'Book summary:"One of the 20th century's most influential books" (Time), Sir James George Frazer's masterwork, The Golden Bough, has become the classic study of the origins of magic and religion. Here is a brilliantly illustrated abridgement of the 12-volume masterpiece that includes 200 illustrations, 100 in color. Large format. [via]
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Imperial Messagesby Howard SchwartzISBN 0380006820 (0-380-00682-0)
Hardcover, Avon Books
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J.R.R. Tolkienby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0345340426 (0-345-34042-6)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'J.R.R. Tolkien'Book summary:Four book set includes the Hobbit and Complete Lord of the Rings; the Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of The King. [via]
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Japanese Talesby Royall TylerISBN 0375714510 (0-375-71451-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Japanese Tales'Book summary:Here are two hundred and twenty dazzling tales from medieval Japan, tales that welcome us into a fabulous, faraway world populated by saints and scoundrels, ghosts and magical healers, and a vast assortment of deities and demons. Stories of miracles, visions of hell, jokes, fables, and legends, these tales reflect the Japanese worldview during a classic period in Japanese civilization. Masterfully edited and translated by the acclaimed translator of The Tale of Genji, these stories ably balance the lyrical and the dramatic, the ribald and the profound, offering a window into a long-vanished though perennially fascinating culture. [via]
Jim Henson's the Storytellerby Anthony MinghellaISBN 0375702156 (0-375-70215-6)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Just a Baseball Gameby Gina Mayer, Mercer MayerISBN 0307104516 (0-307-10451-6)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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Kingdoms of Elfinby WarnerISBN 0385285248 (0-385-28524-8)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Mexican Petby Jan Harold BrunvandISBN 0393305422 (0-393-30542-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Nightingaleby Hans Christian Andersen, Fulvio Testa, E. J. PelgraveISBN 0200001337 (0-200-00133-7)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Once upon a Timeby Lester Del Rey, Risa Kessler, Michael PangrazioISBN 0345362632 (0-345-36263-2)
Hardcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Once upon a Time'Book summary:Ten of the top writers of fantasy present their views of the ways and byways of fairyland:
ISAAC ASIMOV -- A most unusual knight meets an even more unusual dragon.
TERRY BROOKS -- A boy and an elf discover courage conquers more than monsters.
C.J. CHERRYH -- Three wishes -- and the strangest love story ever told.
LESTER DEL REY -- The little princess didn't really believe in a fairy godmother.
SUSAN DEXTER -- The hermit boy didn't know that his pet fawn was a unicorn.
WAYLAND DREW -- Each traveler claimed precedence -- until a stranger joined them.
BARBARA HAMBLY -- Three strange children from a dragon's lair were loved, until . . .
KATHERINE KURTZ -- A fairy learns of faith and love from a holy man.
ANNE McCAFFREY -- Humans and the descendants of Pegasus seek to escape their prison.
LAWRENCE WATT-EVANS -- Killing a dragon is easy -- once one knows how. [via]More editions of Once upon a Time:
The Ordinary Princessby M. M. KayeISBN 0385178557 (0-385-17855-7)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Oscar Wilde: The Fisherman and His Soul and Other Fairy Talesby Oscar WildeISBN 0312190867 (0-312-19086-7)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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The Oxford Companion to Fairy Talesby Jack D. ZipesISBN 0198601158 (0-19-860115-8)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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The Oxford Companion to Fairy Talesby Jack David ZipesISBN 0198605099 (0-19-860509-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Pictor's Metamorphoses, and Other Fantasiesby Hermann Hesse, Rika Lesser, Theodore ZiolkowskiISBN 0312422644 (0-312-42264-4)
Softcover, Picador USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pictor's Metamorphoses: And Other Fantasies'Book summary:In the spring of 1922, several months after completing Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse wrote a fairy tale that was also a love story, inspired by the woman who was to become his second wife. That story, Pictors Metamorphoses, is the centerpiece of this anthology of Hesses luminous short fiction. Based on The Arabian Nights and the work of the Brothers Grimm, the nineteen stories collected here represent a half century of Hesse's short writings. They display the full range of Hesses lifetime fascination with fantasy--as dream, fairy tale, satire, or allegory.[via]More editions of Pictor's Metamorphoses, and Other Fantasies:
- Pictor's Metamorphoses, and Other Fantasies: ISBN 0374517231 (0-374-51723-1)
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The Princess Brideby William GoldmanISBN 0345348036 (0-345-34803-6)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Princess Bride'Book summary:The Princess Bride is a true fantasy classic. William Goldman describes it as a "good parts version" of "S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure." Morgenstern's original was filled with details of Florinese history, court etiquette, and Mrs. Morgenstern's mostly complimentary views of the text. Much admired by academics, the "Classic Tale" nonetheless obscured what Mr. Goldman feels is a story that has everything: "Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest ladies. Snakes. Spiders. Beasts of all natures and descriptions. Pain. Death. Brave men. Coward men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles."
Goldman frames the fairy tale with an "autobiographical" story: his father, who came from Florin, abridged the book as he read it to his son. Now, Goldman is publishing an abridged version, interspersed with comments on the parts he cut out.
Is The Princess Bride a critique of classics like Ivanhoe and The Three Musketeers, that smother a ripping yarn under elaborate prose? A wry look at the differences between fairy tales and real life? Simply a funny, frenetic adventure? No matter how you read it, you'll put it on your "keeper" shelf. --Nona Vero [via]
Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymesby Roald Dahl, Quentin BlakeISBN 0375815562 (0-375-81556-2)
Hardcover, Random House Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes'Book summary:I guess you think you know this story.
You dont. The real ones much more gory.
The phoney one, the one you know,
Was cooked up years and years ago. . . .
With his famous wicked humor and the cunning of a big bad wolf, master storyteller and satirist Roald Dahl retells his six favorite fairy tales. Get ready for Dahls diabolical version of what really happened to Cinderella, Goldilocks, the Three Little Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk, Snow White, and Little Red Riding Hood.
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Russian Fairy Talesby Roman Jakobson, Norbert Guterman, A. N. Afanasev, Alexandre AlexeieffISBN 039449914X (0-394-49914-X)
Hardcover, Pantheon Books
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfsby Golden Books StaffISBN 0307162311 (0-307-16231-1)
Hardcover, Golden Books Publishing (Canada), Incorporated
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Snuffby Quentin BlakeISBN 022400901X (0-224-00901-X)
Hardcover, Cape
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The Sorcerer's Apprenticeby Ted DewanISBN 0385325371 (0-385-32537-1)
Hardcover, Random House Children's Books
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Stardustby Neil GaimanISBN 0380804557 (0-380-80455-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stardust'Book summary:De Féerie, le pays magique, les habitants du petit village de Wall savent peu de choses. Il faut dire qu'un grand mur les en séparent. Un mur dans lequel est ouvert une brèche, une brèche bien gardée, par laquelle ils n'ont droit de passer qu'une fois l'an, le jour de la grande foire de Wall. C'est ce jour-là, justement, que le jeune Tristram Thorn, décidé à conquérir le cSur de sa belle, part pour le pays de fée afin de lui ramener une étoile filante. Mais dans un pays magique, rien n'est comme ailleurs. Les distances sont immenses, on y croise nains et licornes, des chasseurs d'éclairs naviguent sur des bateaux volants et l'on est jamais à l'abri d'un mauvais sort qui pourra vous transformer en arbre, en chèvre ou en rat. Un monde plein de dangers et de merveilles que Tristram est loin d'imaginer, comme il est loin d'imaginer que son étoile filante est une belle et pure jeune fille, dont la présence ici-bas va éveiller la concupiscence des sept seigneurs de Sromhold comme de quelques vilaines sorcières...
Neil Gaiman est aussi à l'aise dans la BD (Sandman), que dans le roman (Neverwhere). Un talent inépuisable qu'il confirme une fois de plus ici en revisitant avec bonheur l'univers des contes de fées. À la fois drôle, merveilleux et volontairement naïf, Stardust est une réussite. --Georges Louhans [via]
Strange and Secret Peoples: Fairies and Victorian Consciousnessby Carole G. SilverISBN 0195144112 (0-19-514411-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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The Sun, the Moon, and the Starsby Steven BrustISBN 0312860390 (0-312-86039-0)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Swan's Wingby Ursula SyngeISBN 037030425X (0-370-30425-X)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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The Tinderboxby Barry Moser, H.C. AndersenISBN 0316039381 (0-316-03938-1)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfsby Little Golden StaffISBN 0307010368 (0-307-01036-8)
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The Witchesby Roald DahlISBN 0374384576 (0-374-38457-6)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Witches'Book summary:"This is not a fairy tale. This is about real witches." So begins one of Roald Dahl's best books ever, and, ironically, it is such a great story because the premise is perfectly plausible from the outset. When the narrator's parents die in a car crash on page two (contrast this terribly real demise with that of James's parents who are devoured by an escaped rhinoceros in James and the Giant Peach), he is taken in by his cigar-smoking Norwegian grandmother, who has learned a storyteller's respect for witches and is wise to their ways.
The bond between the boy and his grandmother becomes the centrepiece of the tale--a partnership of love and understanding that survives even the boy's unfortunate transformation into a mouse. And once the two have teamed up to outwitch the witches, the boy's declaration that he's glad he's a mouse because he will now live only as long as his grandmother is far more poignant than eerie.
Of course, there's adventure here along with Dahl's trademark cleverness and sense of the grotesque. Dahl also communicates some essential truths to children: if they smoke cigars, they'll never catch cold, and, most importantly, they should never bathe, because a clean child is far, far easier for a witch to smell than a dirty one. (Ages 7 to 10, or read aloud to younger children) [via]
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The Wizard of Ozby L. Frank Baum, Charles SantoreISBN 0345335902 (0-345-33590-2)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wizard of Oz'Book summary:In the 100 years since L. Frank Baum first published his Wonderful Wizard of Oz, countless authors and illustrators have adapted, interpreted, and retold this story of Dorothy and her unusual companions, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion. But for sheer opulence and sumptuous color, award-winning artist Charles Santore's 100th anniversary edition takes the cake. Santore's large, fairy-tale style watercolors feature ominous, shadowy forests, magnificent but deadly poppies, the whimsical, green-tinted landscapes of Oz, and the golden gray fields of Kansas. Each page is awash in color; many of the two-page spreads have no text to distract readers from the illustrations' myriad details--not-yet-blooming poppy buds, the Tin Woodman's watering can head, and the radiant good witch, Glinda, posing on her ruby-encrusted throne. The text is condensed rather than adapted; so virtually every word is Baum's own. Although some scenes have been left out, Baum's classic story rings through, loud and clear. Sharing this lush edition with a favorite child would be the perfect way to celebrate a century of Oz. (Ages 4 to 8) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetypeby Clarissa Pinkola EstesISBN 0345396812 (0-345-39681-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype'Book summary:The author is not only a Jungian analyst, but a storyteller. She is steeped in the traditions of storytelling from both the Latin and the Hungarian sides of her family, and I very much enjoyed the ways in which she uses this legacy of the storyteller as healer to make her points. I never thought of storytelling in this way before, but reading this book I found it to be true. (I feel that her stories have helped heal me.) I am a storyteller myself, of a sort, so for me the book was a kind of homecoming. If you have ever wondered why fairy tales seem so cruel and peculiar, you will find the answers in this book. Fairy tales have been mangled in the translation, but this author shows you where they came from and what they are really about. While I am a huge believer in free-market capitalism, growth, business, and civilization (as opposed to back-to-nature Green-ery), I have tremendous concerns about the increasingly violent and impersonal nature of our society. This book shows you how to cultivate a healing, loving attitude toward the world without becoming a doormat--quite the contrary, it shows how love can give you more strength and power than you'll ever find in a boardroom. [via]
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The Wood Wifeby Terri WindlingISBN 0312859880 (0-312-85988-0)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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The World Treasury of Children's Literatureby Clifton FadimanISBN 0316273023 (0-316-27302-3)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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The World's Wifeby Carol Ann DuffyISBN 0330372211 (0-330-37221-1)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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Yiddish Folktalesby Beatrice Silverman WeinreichISBN 0394546180 (0-394-54618-0)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Mujeres Que Corren Con Los Lobos: Mitos Y Cuentos De LA Mujer Salvajeby Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Maria Antonia MeniniISBN 0375707530 (0-375-70753-0)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mujeres Que Corren Con Los Lobos: Mitos Y Cuentos De LA Mujer Salvaje'Book summary:"A deeply spiritual book...She honors what is tough, smart, and untamed in women. She venerates the female soul." --The Washington Post Book World
Mujeres que corren con los lobos is the first Spanish-language edition available in North America of the epoch-making Women Who Run with the Wolves. In its English-language version, this amazingly influential and luminous bestseller has touched the souls of millions of women, and men, with its exploration of what may be the most powerful of archetypes, the Wild Woman. With a unique vision and intelligence, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés tells and examines a rich intercultural mix of myths, fairy tales, and stories--familiar traditional tales, her own and those of her families' elders. She has hit a well-spring of feminine instinct, creativity, and power that washes over every woman throughout the world.
An important edition to the Vintage Español list, Mujeres que corren con los lobos is sure to be a major success in the Spanish-speaking American market. [via]More editions of Mujeres Que Corren Con Los Lobos: Mitos Y Cuentos De LA Mujer Salvaje:
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